Terataner scotti

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Terataner scotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Terataner
Species: T. scotti
Binomial name
Terataner scotti
(Forel, 1912)

Terataner scotti casent0102234 profile 1.jpg

Terataner scotti casent0102234 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen Label

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Seychelles (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Terataner scotti casent0102234 head 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0102234 profile 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0102234 dorsal 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0102234 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Terataner scottiWorker. Specimen code casent0102234. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Male

Images from AntWeb

Terataner scotti casent0102249 head 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0102249 profile 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0102249 dorsal 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0102249 label 1.jpg
Male (alate). Specimen code casent0102249. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
Terataner scotti casent0101815 head 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0101815 profile 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0101815 profile 2.jpgTerataner scotti casent0101815 dorsal 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0101815 dorsal 2.jpgTerataner scotti casent0101815 label 1.jpg
Male (alate). Specimen code casent0101815. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Terataner scotti casent0101732 head 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0101732 profile 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0101732 profile 2.jpgTerataner scotti casent0101732 dorsal 1.jpgTerataner scotti casent0101732 label 1.jpg
Male (alate). Specimen code casent0101732. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

TeratanerEconomo-header (arilab.unit.oist.jp).png  X-ray micro-CT scan 3D model of Terataner scotti (worker) prepared by the Economo lab at OIST.

Terataner scotti from Mahe Island, Seychelles (located at OIST on loan from CASC: CASENT0158836). See on Sketchfab. See list of 3D images.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • scotti. Atopomyrmex scotti Forel, 1912k: 160 (w.m.) SEYCHELLES (Praslin I., Silhouette I.).
    • Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 putative syntype male.
    • Type-localities: worker Seychelles: Praslin I. (H. Scott), male Silhouette I., Mare aux Cochons plateau (H. Scott).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • [Terataner scoti Emery, 1912b: 103. Nomen nudum (attributed to Forel).]
    • Combination in Terataner: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1029.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1912b: 103; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1029; Emery, 1924d: 242; Bolton, 1981b: 296; Bolton, 1995b: 403; Dorow, 1996a: 81.
    • Distribution: Seychelles.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Bolton (1981) - Syntype worker and males, Seychelles: Praslin I. (worker), and Silhouette I. (males) (H. Scott) (The Natural History Museum) [examined].

References

  • Bolton, B. 1981. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 43:245-307. PDF
  • Emery, C. 1912b. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [I-IV.]. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 56: 94-105 (page 103, Combination in Terataner)
  • Forel, A. 1912l. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Volume 4. No. XI. Fourmis des Seychelles et des Aldabras, reçues de M. Hugh Scott. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. (2) 15: (page 160, worker, male described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bolton B. 1981. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 43: 245-307.
  • Dorow, Wolfgang H. O. 1995. Review and Bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Afr. Zool. 110:73-96
  • Dorow, Wolfgang H.O. 1996. Review and bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles. Journal of African Zoology 110(2): 73-95.
  • Emery C. 1912. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [I-IV.]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 56: 94-105.
  • Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
  • Forel A. 1912. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Volume 4. No. XI. Fourmis des Seychelles et des Aldabras, reçues de M. Hugh Scott. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. (2) 15: 159-167.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055